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CENTECH, LGS and Video Furnace announce successful implementation of video over IP solution to Air Mobility Command Bases across the U.S.

ARLINGTON, Va., VIENNA, Va., LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. - Feb. 12, 2008 -- THE CENTECH GROUP, Inc. (CENTECH), LGS (NYSE: ALU) and Video Furnace today announced the successful implementation of a video over IP solution for Air Mobility Command Bases across the country. The $1.9 million project is the first with a single IP video solution to be implemented across an entire command.

The video over IP solution enables the delivery of TV-quality live and video on-demand content including training modules and special events to all network-connected PCs and television sets on the bases. The system uses minimal network bandwidth by utilizing multicast to deliver weather, the commanders-access channel and a variety of current news channels to base personnel at their desktop computers.

The Air Mobility Command contract was awarded in September 2006 to CENTECH, a leading provider of government systems and solutions, which worked with LGS, a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) dedicated to serving the U.S. government community, and Video Furnace, a leading provider of enterprise-class IP video solutions, to deliver and install the system.

"As a team, our group was the best qualified to fulfill this mission in a way that would not only satisfy the Air Force's needs, but would bring the highest levels of efficiency, productivity and value to the project," said CENTECH President and Chief Executive Officer, Fernando V. Galaviz. "Working with LGS and Video Furnace clearly demonstrated our ability to be out in front when it comes to technological advances and to be able to successfully combine all of our expertise to deliver a complete, seamless solution to the Air Force."

"By working closely with CENTECH and Video Furnace, LGS was able to leverage its extensive planning, network integration and unmatched delivery experience to deliver a top-notch IPTV networked system to Air Mobility Command," said Ron Iverson, CEO, LGS, a subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent dedicated to serving the U.S. government community.

The Video Furnace IP video distribution system was chosen for this implementation because it is an enterprise-class, complete, highly scalable solution that leverages an existing network to deliver TV-quality video to any network-connected computer or TV without requiring any resident player software or hardware (standard desktop compliant). Video Furnace's digital set-top boxes enable viewing on television sets.

"Video over IP makes it much easier for the military to deliver live, broadcast and on-demand video to a large population versus conventional cable television," said Howard Weinzimmer, CEO of Video Furnace. "What's more, because we employ reliable solutions for creating, storing and delivering media streams, the military can deliver video with confidence to any computer or IP set-top box that's connected to the base network."

The task order was awarded under the Network-Centric Solutions (NETCENTS) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract. NETCENTS provides the Air Force, Department of Defense (DoD) and other federal agencies a primary source of networking equipment/product supply and a means of system engineering, installation, integration, operations and maintenance for a family of DoD adopted commercially standardized networking solutions that are interoperable with Air Force, Joint and DoD Standardized Networking Technical Architectures.

About THE CENTECH GROUP
THE CENTECH GROUP is among the leading worldwide providers of government systems and solutions for a wide range of military and civilian programs. Our core competencies include engineering services, network & infrastructure services, enterprise software applications, operations & maintenance (O&M) support services & outsourcing, logistics support services, systems engineering/technical assistance (SETA), professional advisory & assistance services (A&AS) and training/learning systems & services. Since 1988, THE CENTECH GROUP has served government and corporate clients on more than 3,000 contracts and has delivered best-practices solutions with the highest past-performance evaluation ratings. For more information on THE CENTECH GROUP, visit www.centechgroup.com.

About LGS
LGS designs and delivers Transformed Communications and R&D-based technology solutions to the U.S. government community. Leveraging the world-class R&D of Bell Labs and innovation of Alcatel-Lucent, with global reach and expertise, LGS challenges itself to solve the unsolvable and deliver secure, reliable, standards-based solutions to its customers. LGS, headquartered in Vienna, Va., and with offices in California, Colorado, Maryland, New Jersey and North Carolina, was created by joining the Lucent and Alcatel Government business units and Bell Labs Government. For more information about LGS, visit www.LGSinnovations.com.

About Video Furnace
Video Furnace is a leading provider of end-to-end, enterprise-class IP video solutions. With more than 2.5 million users daily worldwide, the six-year-old company quickly has established its IP video system as the video distribution technology of choice in commercial, education and government settings. Organizations use the Video Furnace system to securely deliver live and recorded events, distance learning, corporate training, digital signage, security monitoring, TV distribution and mission-critical communications. Privately held, the Chicago-area company distributes its products through value-added resellers, system integrators and distributors. More information is available at www.videofurnace.com.

Editorial Contacts:

THE CENTECH GROUP
Ellen Hill,
CENTECH NETCENTS Program Manager
334-558-0338
hille@centechgroup.com

LGS
Wendy Zajack
703-269-3645 office/703-943-6298 mobile
wzajack@lgsinnovations.com

Video Furnace
Glynis Gibson
773-278-7700
glynis.gibson@gibsoncommunications.com

The Video Furnace IP video distribution supports Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris 10 operating systems.

Video Furnace and InStream are trademarks of Video Furnace.

Video Furnace, 14052 Petronella Drive, Suite 202, Libertyville, IL 60048, 847-362-6800,



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